Day 3️⃣ of the #Spring2025ShortCourse started with a lecture on #NWFZ. 🚫 Following that, our participants changed location and moved to the VIC to learn more about the #CTBT in #theory and later on in #practice while going on tours of the IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ and CTBTO facilities. ⚛️

Day 4️⃣ of our #Spring2025ShortCourse explored key issues in #NuclesrSecurity, arms control, and disarmament, including the role of the #TPNW and humanitarian efforts. ⚛️ The day concluded with an engaging #alumni panel sharing insights of their work in nuclear multilateral

Day 5️⃣ and final day of our #Spring2025ShortCourse 📚✨ Today we wrapped up with two final lectures on #exportcontrols and the #DPRK followed by our infamous Nuclear #Jeopardy game and our wrap-up discussion. 🗣️ Certification award ceremony is coming up 🔜.

Attacks on #Nuclear facilities threaten human security, international stability & #Nuclear Arms control efforts. A new VCDNP paper by Noah Mayhew analyzes legal frameworks & solutions to strengthen protections. 👇

It was a pleasure participating in the Wilton Park meeting on irreversibility in nuclear disarmament, where I discussed the work VCDNP is doing on this, including to understand NPT States Parties views on confidence provided by and the feasibility of implementing verification.

With #SMRs potentially nearing commercial deployment, the VCDNP held a seminar on how '3S by Design' – integrated #nuclear safety, security, and #safeguards approaches – can streamline deployment and reduce burdens on end users ⚛️🔋 Learn more ⬇️ vcdnp.org/3s-by-design-s…

The UN #Disarmament #Fellows have arrived in Vienna 🇦🇹. It was a huge pleasure hosting them at the VCDNP office today to give an overview of our Center, the #NPT and naval nuclear propulsion! ⚛️ We look forward to welcoming them back again next week for the #EU briefings! 🇪🇺👋🏼

Today we continued our mini-course on nuclear issues for Ambassadors in Vienna with a deep dive into the work of the IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️. Day2⃣ featured expert insights from Laura Rockwood and Noah Mayhew on the IAEA’s policymaking organs and #safeguards framework, followed by a lively

🚨 Key reading for delegates at the #PrepCom in New York 🇺🇳➡️ vcdnp.org/irreversibilit… A new VCDNP brief for diplomats by Noah Mayhew and Dr. Nikolai Sokov explains irreversibility in nuclear #disarmament, an important principle in discussions among #NPT States Parties 🌎

🚨HAPPENING TOMORROW🚨 📢Join us for an #NPTPrepCom side event on “Understanding the Balance of Confidence and Feasibility in Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament”. During the side event, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Nikolai Sokov and Noah Mayhew will discuss the principle of #irreversibility as it

🚨HAPPENING TOMORROW🚨 Join us for the launch of our new report on #Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament to better understand the balance of confidence & feasibility in disarmament efforts with insights from VCDNP experts.🗣️ 📅Tomorrow, 21 May 2025 🕐14:00-15:15 CEST 📍VCDNP

🚨HAPPENING NOW🚨 VCDNP’s Noah Mayhew is presenting the new VCDNP #report on “Understanding the Balance of Confidence and Feasibility in #Irreversible Nuclear #Disarmament”. 📄 Nikolai Sokov, another VCDNP co-author of the report, will provide commentary following the

🙌 Catch up on our latest report launch, diving into the principle of irreversibility in nuclear #disarmament - a key topic for discussions in the #NPT review process 🌐🇺🇳 🎥 Watch the event ➡️ tinyurl.com/5yujkcn4 📄 Read the report ➡️ tinyurl.com/4m4986ad

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📢 Are you a #diplomat or #practitioner working on #NuclearIssues or are you posted in Vienna and want to strengthen your understanding of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament? ⚛️ We are now opening applications for our intensive #2025FallShortCourse

One week left to apply for our next course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for diplomats and other practitioners!

Day 4 #SummerSchool The International Atomic Energy Agency, International safeguards, AUKUS and #ABACC Alain Ponce Blancas 🔹Noah Mayhew, Senior Research Associate, VCDNP 🔹Sonia Fernández, Officer, Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials #ABACC

Day 5 #SummerSchool 🌀The DPRK’s nuclear program🌀 Moderator: Alain Ponce, Research and Communication Officer, OPANAL 🔹Noah Mayhew, Senior Research Associate, VCDNP

Don’t forget to stop by our #booth at the #IAEAGC to pick up our latest #publications 📚 or to learn more about our Center! You’ll find us in Building B of the VIC. We look forward to welcoming you there 👋

☢️Small Modular Reactors are shaping a new #nuclear era: VCDNP experts ingrid, Anthony Stott, and Noah Mayhew authored a new #brief on how #SMRs can help make nuclear power accessible for all nations 🌍. Learn more ➡️vcdnp.org/smrs-navigatin…

VCDNP ingrid Noah Mayhew Thanks Vienna Center and authors for this brief. Easy reading and brings essential (still unanswered) questions to the forefront. International cooperation for regulating Small Modular Reactors absolutely needed!